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J. BININGER.

Cigarette Machine. No. 240,367. Patented April 19,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea;

JACOB BININGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,367, dated lApril 19, 1881.

Application tiled February 2, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB BININGER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Cigarettes, ot' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for mak-v ing cigarettes. Its object is to provide a simple and easy method of making cigarettes by means of a device that can be constructed at a low price, easily carried in the pocket, and afford persons whose lingers are naturally unskillful or stiftened by cold a way of making their own cigarettes readily and accurately. IA

attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a cylindrical tube, A, with an interior space of the size and shape desired for the cigarette, closed at one end by the stopper a., and open at the other end. The stopper ct projects into the tube A in a hemispherical, conical, or tapering shape to form a guide for the twister, and at its exterior end it forms the handle L. The top of the tube is open on one side throughout its length, except where closed by the stopper a, and above the space in which the cigarette is formed it has a lid arranged to work on a hinge, Z1 b, so as to open for the admission ofthe twister and of the tobacco. The edge of the tube opposite the hinge is bent slightly outward, so as to form a lip, F. The hinge of the lid B is so made as to have an aperture, D, for the cigarette-paper to pass freely underneath it into the tube.

Fig. 2 represents the twister, to be inserted in the space or chamberin which the cigarette is to be formed, and made to lit it, but allowing sufcient room for the paper to be wound around it. It consists of acylinder made of a size to correspond with the interior of the tube A, a portion, preferably' about'one-halfof said cylinder, being cut awayin theline ofthe axis of the cylinder, as shown in the portion H, so that said twister is in the form of a concave gutter throughout the length of the chamber in which the cigarette is to be formed. One end ot' this tube is open and is guided by the tapering (Model.)

stopper a. The other is closed by a stopper,

c, which may be extended to form a handle, K, opposite to the handle L.-

Fig. 3 represents the entire machine, the twister C in the tube A, and the cigarette-pa per J partly through the space or aperture D, between the hinge and the tube and around the twister. I

Fig. 4 represents a method of attaching the twister G to the tube Aby means ot' the collar N, hinged upon the end ofthe tube opposite to the stopper a, and on the side opposite to the lid B. This collar passes around the neck of the twister O,between the handleKand ridge d, and the twister should have sufficient play in the collar to allow its open end to pass the projection a when lifted from the tube.

The best method of using my invention is as follows: Place the twister (represen ted in Fig. 2) in the tube, (represented in Fig. 1,) the lid being open. Fill the gutter with tobacco, packing it into the gutter by pressing down the lid. Then turn the twister one-quarter around to free the space under the hinge from anyloose tobacco. Open the lid and insertan ordinary cigarette-paper through the opening under the hinge. Close the lid and turn the twister till all but a small part of the paper has been drawn into the tube, which part may then be moistened so as to adhere, in order to close the cigarette, or gum may be previously put on the edge ofthe paper, so that it will adhere better when moistened. Then turn the twister till all the paper has passed into thetube. Itis now wrapped aroundthe twister, inclosingit and the tobacco. Then, by the handle, withdraw the twister, with the cigarette. rolled upon it, or when the contrivance shown in Fig. 4is used the lid may be opened and the twister pulled out, so as to escape the end of the stopper a., and raised on the hin ge f, and the cigarette is then drawn off it.

It is not necessary that the paper should pass through the# opening under the hinge. The same result may be obtained by placing the paper first in the tube, then placing the twister in the tube upon the paper, then filling the twister with they tobacco, closing the lid, and proceeding` as before, moisteniu g the edge of the paper on the lip.

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combination with the tube A and the twister C, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination ofthe cylindrical chamber A, provided with the aperture D, with hinged lid B, substantially as described. A

4. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of the twister C, attached to one end of the tube A, with the collar N and hinge f, substantially as described.

JACOB BININGER.

Witnesses Tuoi/ms HUNT, LIVINGSTON HUNT. 

